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    Nest By Stephen Ambrose ISBN 0-671-76922-7 Review by Kevin Campopiano History 382 Prof. Schweizer Band of Brothers is a book chronicalizing the emotions‚ bonds‚ tragedies and tactics used by Easy Company in the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne which is one of the highest decorated companies from World War II in the United States armed forces. It is written by Stephen Ambrose‚ a distinguished history professor at the University of New Orleans and noted American historian and biographer

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    Book Review: The Adventures of Pinocchio Title: The Adventures of Pinocchio Author: Carlo Collodi (translated by Ian Pedlow) Publisher: New Holland‚ $9.95 RRP Publication Date: March 2011 Format: Softcover ISBN: 9781742571270 For ages: 8+ Type: Novel About the author During the Wars of Independence in 1848 and 1860 Collodi served as a volunteer with the Tuscan army. His active interest in political matters may be seen in his earliest literary works as well as in the founding of

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    Date: April 18‚ 2012 Subject: Book Review The book “Imperial Germany 1871-1918” by Volker R. Berghahn has the under title Economy‚ Society‚ Culture and Politics and was first published in 1994 by Berghahn books. The used edition is the revised and expanded edition published in 2005 and summarizes the events in the ‘Kaiserreich’ (1871-1918). Furthermore‚ the book has 388 pages and is divided in five parts which are Economy‚ Society‚ Culture‚ the Realm of Politics‚ and World War

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    to any place he describes in the book‚ but the author Clarence M. Batan made me feel as if I had been there in the long sunset of March 7‚ 2000‚ when a social researcher named Clarence decided to visit her grandmother‚ Nanay Biday at the hospital. This book tells us how a typical Filipino family strives hard to achieve comfort in life. I researched first on the Internet the book‚ which is “Batong Bahay” by Clarence M. Batan‚ and I found out that this book is a Filipino family’s narrative of

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    PSYCH253  Book  Review:  Stumbling  on  Happiness  by  Daniel  Gilbert     In  Daniel  Gilbert’s‚  Stumbling  on  Happiness  (2006)‚  Gilbert  attempts  to  explain   how  our  current  reasoning  for  happiness  is  in  fact‚  flawed.  Many  examples  explored   within  the  book  as  well  as  experiments  provided  in  class  supports  the  overarching

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    Throughout the book‚ Gladwell walks us through the lives of several outliers: from death-defying places like Roseta‚ to geniuses like Chris Langan and Bill Gates‚ to comeback corporations and successful companies built by Jewish immigrants. Outliers manages to output multiple theories upon success‚ all the while providing example after example of how people and places came to be outliers; this novel is a series of true stories where opportunities elicit success. Gladwell didn’t write this book for the sake

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    “Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful‚ but I wouldn’t wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom‚ and who chooses not the hands that claim her‚” (Hill‚ 4). This quote signifies one of the many important messages that The Book of Negroes tries to convey. Lawrence Hill‚ the Canadian author who wrote this novel does a tremendous job to magnify an area of history that many of us have neglected over the years. He uses Aminata Diallo‚ as his main character who is abducted from her home

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    you’re in bed‚ you’re dead” (131‚ Mitch Albom). This was one of Morrie’s first and most meaningful aphorism in the book but the symbol was the Morrie’s bed itself. The bed represents the surrendering of his body too the disease in the book. Morrie wakes up every morning and immediately gets out of bed and moves to another room in the house‚ mostly he goes to his study where all his books are. When you are in bed your not doing anything‚ your not being productive with your day. When your laying in bed

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    Blake Saucillo Dr. Gonzalez English 1302-63003 March 10‚ 2013 Bibliography 20 Books Just‚ Peter. Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University‚ 2000. Print. “In the early part of the twentieth century anthropology was typically concerned small scale‚ technologically simple societies.” (Just‚3) Marrett‚ Robert. Anthropology. New York: BiblioBazaar‚ 2007. Print. “Anthropology is the Child of Darwin.” (Marrett‚ 1) Smith‚ Cameron. Anthropology for Dummies

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    Heather Morin Book Review: Getting to YES vs. Your Guide to Improve Your Negotiation Skills Greatly 09/26/2012 I started reading the book‚ Your Guide to Improve Your Negotiation Skills Greatly by Thomas Anderson which I felt the introduction was executed brilliantly by using the example of a rental property. The negotiation process according to the author is similar to that of the landlord/tenant relationship; where each individual must hold up their part of the deal for the rental property. The

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